Major profile:

    Metal Materials Engineering is a basic subject of Materials Science and Engineering. The specialty covers several majors, including metallurgy, nonferrous metals, composite materials, powder metallurgy, metal materials heat treatment, materials corrosion and protection, and surface engineering. Students systematically study the basic theory of materials science, master the basic law of composition, structure, manufacturing process, environment and performance of materials, and have the basic ability of materials quality testing, improving materials quality and developing new materials.  

Training Objectives:

The training objective is to cultivate the applied technical talents with the all-around development of morality, intelligence, physique and aesthetic, systematical professional theory and basic knowledge, accepting the basic trainings of materials preparation and property analysis & testing, having the basic abilities of designing, manufacturing, optimizing and developing of materials. The students can engage in the manufacturing, testing, designing, technical innovation and management in the fields of metal materials production and processing.  

Main Courses:

    Fundamentals of Materials Science, Metal Materials Science, Materials Properties, Analysis and Measurement Technology of Materials, Fundamentals of Materials Engineering, Basic Experiment of Metal Materials Engineering, Powder Metallurgy Science and Processing, Principle of Plastic Deformation in Metal Processing, Heat Treatment Principle and Processing, Failure Analysis of Materials.  

Major Features:

(1) Deep cooperating of college-enterprise and co-cultivating excellent talents

Relying on the Education Program of Excellent Engineer of Shandong Province, Metal Materials Engineering Specialty has established stable cooperation relationship with many large enterprises. The enterprises participate in the whole cultivating process of talents. And all the practices and graduation project of the students are completed in enterprises. The engineering practice ability of the students improves significantly.  

(2) Building a complete practice teaching system. The specialty has built a complete practice teaching system, consisting of a series of progressive practice links of basic public skill, professional comprehensive skill, special skill and engineering capability.  

(3) Building three innovation platforms and enhancing innovation ability.  

    The specialty has built an innovation education platform, including innovation courses platform, innovation contest platform and innovation science & technology platform. The innovation ability of the students enhanced significantly through the systematical innovation trainings.  

Prospect:

The graduates will mainly work in iron and steel machinery, petrochemical industry, shipbuilding, marine engineering and other industries. They may engage in the production processing, quality analysis and control, process design, technological transformation and operation and management, etc.